Planning precedent report

Retention of standalone residential building located at first floor level with external staircase adjacent to existing industrial unit for exclusive residential use for associated Rewinds staff as residential accommodation consisting of three bedrooms, communal living area, communal kitchen area and all associated site works.

• Part change of use at ground floor level from office use to warehouse / logistics use (with a Gross Floor Area (GFA) of 944 sq.m) and light industry- manufacturing / food processing use (GFA of 1,860 sq.m), including ancillary staff welfare facilities, with the remainder of the existing floorspace (GFA of 712 sq.m) unchanged from the existing office use; • Proposed extension to the rear / south elevation of the existing building (with a GFA of 861 sq.m), comprising one level with a height of 7.47m, to provide an additional ancillary store to the proposed light industry- manufacturing / food processing use; • Proposed two storey extension (GFA of 13 sq.m) to the north elevation to provide an additional lift shaft and proposed extensions to the northern and west elevations to provide additional lobby / entrance areas (12 sq.m); • Provision of additional floorspace at first floor level (within the existing building envelope) to provide an additional 1,040 sq.m (GFA) of office floor space, ancillary staff welfare facilities, ancillary innovation and testing rooms, storage and plant rooms, and an additional 163 sq.m (GFA) of a mezzanine storage area; • Associated internal reconfigurations and installation of new internal partition walls, and associated alterations to the elevations including materials and fenestration arrangement, additional loading bays and roller shutter doors; • Provision of associated signage including an internally illuminated sign adjacent to the security entrance gate, a directional sign, internally illuminated signage over the entrance doors to the unit and 2 no. signs over entrance canopies; • Reconfigured car parking to provide 72 no. car parking spaces (a reduction from 134), widening of the internal service road, provision of new pedestrian footpaths from the estate road, internal segregated pedestrian footpaths and crossing, and the provision of a security fence and gate; • The proposal includes dock leveller, landscaping, bicycle store, external store with WC/garden store/bin store, plant compound, PV panels to new rear extension roof and bicycle store roof, surface water drainage, including detention pond and swale, and all associated works. The proposed development results in an overall increase of 2,089 sq.m in the total GFA of the unit from 3,516 sq.m to 5,605 sq.m, comprising office, warehouse / logistics, light industry manufacturing / food processing uses, and ancillary staff welfare facilities, innovation and testing rooms, storage and plant rooms.

Change of use from Licensed Premises to Commercial/Retail units at first floor level and alterations to layout of 2 entrance lobbies of the licensed premises at ground floor to accommodate independent entrance and fire escape from first floor.

Construction of a new 125sq.m (9.0m high) single storey side extension to existing facility for the storage of materials ancillary to the existing business currently operating on site with minor internal modifications and associated site development and ancillary works.

Material change of use of part of the ground floor from warehouse to staff canteen, trade counter and office space. The development will also consist of modifications to the external fabric of the existing warehouse comprising a new trade entrance and new windows at the front facade, together with all associated site works.

Cladding 27.35m long section of gable wall to manufacturing building, all associated works.